1、2014高考英语阅读理解解密训练阅读理解Are you nervous about climbing because you think its too dangerous? Do you feel youre not fit enough to climb? Do you know how to start climbing?Lets consider the idea that climbing is dangerousBeing afraid is natural, but if you use suitable ropes and other climbing equipments y
2、ou will feel completely safeClimbers are usually very careful because they know what they are doing is dangerousAccidents happen, but when they do, they tend to attract a lot of publicityAs a result, people think there are many more accidents than there are in realityYou cannot expect to start climb
3、ing straight awayClimbing is a challenge and challenges take timeIt is necessary first of all that you achieve a good level of fitnessBegin as soon as you become interested in climbing ?go to the gym, go swimming, take up jogging and continue to do so throughout your training periodDiscover as much
4、as you can about climbingVisit the library and find book, especially for beginners or buy climbing magazines and look for articles which describe your situationLook up information on the InternetFind out about equipment, methods and places to goNext, take a course on a climbing wallThere are plenty
5、of climbing walls all over the country which have trained and qualified people as instructorsCall your local leisure center to find out if there is one in your area. These training sessions are a quick way to get experience and you are likely to meet other beginners. After this, you can do an outsid
6、e course of join a club where you can meet climbers of all abilities and eventually join in group-climbing events.At first you may not understand the importance of a good training period, but after you have completed your first climb and you are standing safely at the top of a rock feeling thrilled,
7、 then you will know it was the right thing to do.1The article is written by .Aa doctorBan experienced climberCa beginnerDa fitness instructor2The writer thinks a new climber should .Abegin by becoming fitBhave the courage to meet the challengesCbe aware of the causes of the accidentsDdo enough sport
8、s to get interested in climbing3By climbing walls you can .Ajoin a club you like Bgain controlled experienceCbecome qualified instructorsDtake part in group-climbing events4The underlined word “it” in the last paragraph probably means .Athe climbBthe trainingCthe equipmentDthe achievement【参考答案】BABB
9、C72013重庆卷 -EIt is widely known that any English conversation begins with The Weather.Such a fixation with the weather finds expression in Dr.Johnsons famous comment that “When two English meet, their first talk is of weather.” Though Johnsons observation is as accurate now as it was over two hundred
10、 years ago, most commentators fail to come up with a convincing explanation for this English weatherspeak.Bill Bryson, for example, concludes that,as the English weather is not at all exciting,the obsession with it can hardly be understood.He argues that “To an outsider,the most striking thing about
11、 the English weather is that there is not very much of it.” Simply, the reason is that the unusual and unpredictable weather is almost unknown in the British Isles.Jeremy Paxman, however, disagrees with Bryson, arguing that the English weather is by nature attractive.Bryson is wrong, he says,because
12、 the English preference for the weather has nothing to do with the natural phenomena. “The interest is less in the phenomena themselves, but in uncertainty.” According to him, the weather in England is very changeable and uncertain and it attracts the English as well as the outsider.Bryson and Paxma
13、n stand for common misconceptions about the weatherspeak among the English.Both commentators, somehow, are missing the point.The English weather conversation is not really about the weather at all.English weatherspeak is a system of signs,which is developed to help the speakers overcome the natural
14、reserve and actually talk to each other.Everyone knows conversations starting with weatherspeak are not requests for weather data.Rather, they are routine greetings,conversation starters or the blank “fillers”. In other words, English weatherspeak is a means of social bonding.72The author mentions D
15、r.Johnsons comment to show that _Amost commentators agree with Dr.JohnsonBDr.Johnson is famous for his weather observationCthe comment was accurate two hundred years agoDEnglish conversations usually start with the weather73What does the underlined word “obsession” most probably refer to?AA social t
16、rend.BAn emotional state.CA historical concept.DAn unknown phenomenon.74According to the passage,Jeremy Paxman believes that _ABill Bryson has little knowledge of the weatherBthere is nothing special about the English weatherCthe English weather attracts people to the British IslesDEnglish people ta
17、lk about the weather for its uncertainty75What is the authors main purpose of writing the passage?ATo explain what English weatherspeak is about.BTo analyse misconceptions about the English weather.CTo find fault with both Bill Bryson and Jeremy Paxman.DTo convince people that the English weather is
18、 changeable.【要点综述】 本文通过对Bill Bryson和Jeremy Paxman两人迥然不同的观点的陈述来阐明作者对英国人以天气为寒暄内容的见解。72D逻辑推断题。通过引用名人名言来说明英国人以天气为寒暄内容的现象很普遍。73B 词义推断题。Bill Bryson认为英国天气单一(there is not very much of it)不足以引起人们的情感响应,因此该词此处指的是 “情感状态”。74D细节理解题。倒数第二段中有“The interest is less in the phenomena themselves, but in uncertainty.”(意思是
19、:人们对英国气候的关注点不是气候本身,而是气候的不确定性。)由此可知答案。75A写作目的题。通过对Bill Bryson和Jeremy Paxman两人迥然不同的观点的陈述来阐明作者对英国人以天气为寒暄内容的见解。A Is early childhood education really necessary? Early childhood education primarily focuses on learning through playing to develop the childs physical, sensory, communicational and social deve
20、lopmentEarly childhood education has become a concern of the government, who pushes poor children to be formally trained before they are old enough for kindergartenThere are good reasons for the government to push early childhood educationStudies have shown that orphaned children who did not receive
21、 good care and education become developmentally delayed causing failure in school, and even in lifeFurther studies show that poor children who take part in Head Start programs are more prepared for school, less likely to end up in Special Education classes, and are less likely to receive public help
22、 or go to prisonThere are also negative parts to putting a child in formal education programs too earlyTime Magazine online explains that “the younger the child the less his chances of catching up with first-grade work” I have personally witnessed many children of my generation who went to Head Star
23、t programs become frustrated and bored with school before they finished high schoolYet parents have been sure that the earlier the child starts school, the better off he or she is, so they push to start children earlierActually while early formal education of poor children does show great gains in t
24、he early elementary years, studies also show that this head start is really a “false start”, as the gains are lost in middle and high school yearsIt seems that environment is a bigger factor on lifes success than early educationHead Start programs have not achieved its original goal in closing the a
25、chievement gap in poor and middle school childrenPerhaps it is time to find other ways to close that gap1. The purpose of the government valuing the early childhood education is _Ato develop the childrens communicationBto give orphaned children good care and educationCto get the children prepared fo
26、r the kindergartenDto train the children formally and regularly2. According to the studies, which of the following is True?AChildren with good early education may have a rich lifeBThe orphaned children are usually unhappy in their lifeCChildren without early education can do well at schoolDHead Star
27、t programs are helpful to the poor children3. “the younger the child the less his chances of catching up with first-grade work” suggests that _Athe early childhood education is helpless to the childs gradeBit is good for the young children to receive early educationCthe early education can help the
28、children follow the gradeDthe younger the children are, the cleverer they will be 4. The authors attitude toward the early childhood education is _Apuzzling Bnegative Cindifferent Dapproving【参考答案】1-4 CDABC72013安徽卷 -A The Healthy Habits Survey(调查)shows that only about one third of American seniors ha
29、ve correct habits. Here are some findings and expert advice.1.How many times did you brush your teeth yesterday?Finding:A full 33% of seniors brush their teeth only once a day.Step:Remove the 300 types of bacteria in your mouth each morning with a batteryoperated toothbrush. Brush gently for 2 minut
30、es, at least twice a day.2How many times did you wash your hands or bathe yesterday?Finding:Seniors, on average, bathe fewer than 3 days a week. And nearly 30% wash their hands only 4 times a dayhalf of the number doctors recommend.Step:We touch our faces around 3,000 times a dayoften inviting germs
31、(病菌)to enter our mouth, nose, and eyes.Use toilet paper to avoid touching the door handle. And, most important, wash your hands often with hot running water and soap for 20 seconds.3How often do you think about fighting germs?Finding:Seniors are not fighting germs as well as they should.Step:Be awar
32、e of germs. Do you know it is not your toilet but your kitchen sponge(海绵)that can carry more germs than anything else? To kill these germs, keep your sponge in the microwave for 10 seconds.56.What is found out about American seniors?AMost of them have good habits.BNearly 30% of them bathe three days
33、 a week.CAll of them are fighting germs better than expected.DAbout one third of them brush their teeth only once a day.57Doctors suggest that people should wash their hands _Atwice a day Bthree times a dayCfour times a day Deight times a day 58Which of the following is true according to the text?AW
34、e should keep from touching our faces.BThere are less than 300 types of bacteria in the mouth.CA kitchen sponge can carry more germs than a toilet.DWe should wash our hands before touching a door handle.59The text probably comes from _Aa guide book Ba popular magazineCa book review Dan official docu
35、ment【要点综述】 这是一份调查报告,是针对美国老年人的健康习惯所做的调查。56D细节理解题。根据第一项调查中“A full 33% of seniors brush their teeth only once a day.”可知,大约有三分之一的美国老年人一天只刷一次牙。57D细节理解题。根据第二项调查中“4 times a dayhalf of the number doctors recommend”可知,四次是医生建议次数的一半,也就是说,医生建议老年人每天洗八次手,故选D。58C细节理解题。根据文章倒数第二句“Do you know it is not your toilet bu
36、t your kitchen sponge that can carry more germs than anything else?”可知,厨房里的海绵比卫生间带有的细菌还要多。59B推理判断题。由文章内容可知,这是一份调查报告,是针对美国老年人的健康习惯所做的调查。这样的文章理应不会出现在“旅游指南”“书评”“官方文件”里,故排除A、C、D。流行杂志做这样的调查报告很常见,故选B。阅读理解-B Watch out, YahooTheres search engine out there with super speed and accuracyIts really coolGoogle i
37、s the Webs largest search engineIn just two years it has gained a reputation for surprising speed and accuracy, delivering exactly what youre looking for in a secondThe site now does this 40 million times a day a number achieved without spending a penny on a TV or newspaper adGoogle doesnt need them
38、In the past six months alone, the site has won a Webby (the online version of the Oscar) for technical excellence, set a new record for search engines by indexing a billion Web pagesYahoo still has 10 times the audience, but Google consistently ranks first in customer satisfaction: 97% of users find
39、 what theyre looking for most or all the time“You see people smile when they use it, like theyve found something no one else knows about,” says Danny Sullivan, editor of an online newsletterNo one is smiling more than Larry Page, 27, and Sergey Brin, 26, who seem certain to become billionaires when
40、the company goes public, probable sometime next yearThey make a great comedy duoWhen they first met as PhDstudents, the pair say, they found each other horrible “I still find him horrible,” adds Brin but were driven together by a computer science project aimed at coming up with better ways of search
41、ing the WebThe idea behind Google is that traditional search engines are stupidThey think relevance is based on repetition; if you type in a request for Tiger Woods, say, youll get websites listed according to how many times those words appearNot only is this no guarantee of quality, but its also op
42、en to abuseIf you own a Tiger fan site and want to lead more people to it, simply type his name thousands of times in the sites source code1The first paragraph serves to Acompare two websitesBbring out the topicCput blame on YahooDgive the background of the topic2Which of the following wins greater customer satisfaction?AYahooBGoogleCPageDBrin3It can be inferred that Page and Brin Awork for GoogleBare Tiger fansChated each otherDwork for Yahoo 【参考答案】13 BBA